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<span class=large>MICAH</span>
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CHAPTER 7
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Though Israel has rebelled, yet in the last days the Lord will have mercy on her—He will have compassion and pardon her iniquities.
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Woe</span> is me!  for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: <i>there is</i> no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
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The good <i>man</i> is perished out of the earth: and <i>there is</i> none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 9: 19.">brother</a> with a net.
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&#182; That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge <i>asketh</i> for a reward; and the great <i>man,</i> he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
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The best of them <i>is</i> as a brier: the most upright <i>is sharper</i> than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen <i>and</i> thy <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/4a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE punishment.">visitation</a> cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
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&#182; <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/5a" mark="a" type="C" title="Jer. 9: 4; TG Trust Not in the Arm of Flesh.">Trust</a> ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/6a" mark="a" type="C" title="Luke 12: 53; TG Enemies.">enemies</a> <i>are</i> the men of his own <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/7/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 10: 36 (35-36).">house</a>.
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Therefore I will look unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 4: 1 (1, 3).">hear</a> me.
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&#182; Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Darkness, Spiritual.">darkness</a>, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>shall be</i> a <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/7/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Light of the World.">light</a> unto me.
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I will <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 3: 27 (24-27).">bear</a> the indignation of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/7/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="3 Ne. 16: 4 (4-5).">light</a>, <i>and</i> I shall behold his righteousness.
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Then <i>she that is</i> mine enemy shall see <i>it,</i> and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> thy God?  mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mal. 4: 3.">trodden</a> down as the mire of the streets.
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<i>In</i> the day that thy walls are to be built, <i>in</i> that day shall the decree be far removed.
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<i>In</i> that day <i>also</i> he shall <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Neh. 1: 9; D&C 101: 13.">come</a> even to thee from Assyria, and <i>from</i> the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and <i>from</i> mountain to mountain.
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Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
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&#182; Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily <i>in</i> the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed <i>in</i> Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
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According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous <i>things.</i>
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&#182; The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay <i>their</i> hand upon <i>their</i> mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
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They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God, and shall fear because of thee.
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Who <i>is</i> a God like unto thee, that <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Forgiveness.">pardoneth</a> iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?  he retaineth not his <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/7/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 57: 16; Jer. 3: 5 (1-5).">anger</a> for ever, because he <sup>c</sup><a href="micah/7/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 9: 24.">delighteth</a> <i>in</i> <sup>d</sup><a href="micah/7/18d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG God, Mercy of; TG Mercy.">mercy</a>.
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He will turn again, he will have <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 64: 2.">compassion</a> upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
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Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, <i>and</i> the mercy to <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/7/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 29: 14.">Abraham</a>, which thou hast <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/7/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 1: 55 (54-55), 72.">sworn</a> unto our fathers from the days of old.
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